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reimu has green stuff on her arm o.O

Still waiting for this guy to paint this one, though. Hopefully it turns out nice.

They look good. You might want to work a bit on your blending to do the eyes. And maybe a bit of clean up. Do take care of that green-stuff on reimu's shoulder, please. It would suck to have all that hard work ruined by it.

I tried making a Yuyuko fig out of clay. Her head keeps rolling off.

>>2175155
Not the greatest paint job, yeah.

>>2175165
Sorry, not mine! I just tend to follow all these Japanese peoples sites who make customs and kits for themselves. Which is interesting because most of them ended up appearing at Hobby Complex.

>>2175176
That's a terrific gig to work on your skills. My previous works are still here around the house. I make them for people, but I still wind up having to buy the kit and all. Even the horrible early ones are still here to stare at me because they aren't mine and I can't throw them out.

For all you people that are worried about spending a fortune on airbrushing: not all hope is lost! Learn to hand-paint everything!

>>2175211
Oh, that's cool, I guess I can spend some time learning how to do tha-
>The whole figure took about one year to build and paint
（　´_ゝ`）

>>2175211
hand painting isn't that bad.

Klein, I am about to lose my figure virginity and I wanted you to be the first person to know.

Goodbye, NEET life savings of $120!

Hand painting is fine.

>>2175211
Why does Sephiroth have breasts?

>>2175250
Sweet! $120 though - Saber Lily?

Also repostin.

>>2175258
Where did the second wing come from?

Sugoi painting bro. Honestly, a hell of a lot better than I could do.
>>2175250
What are you getting? Be warned, once you start it's hard to stop.

>>2175259
give link or die

>>2175272
Amie Grand is the maker but they're not for sale yet or anything.

>>2175171
Here's something that'll work better:

1. Mold your initial figure out of cheap clay. KEEP IT WET. NEVER let it dry out.

2. Mix some fast-drying plaster. About 2 parts mix for 1 part water works. Make sure the water is warm. Be careful; when they say fast-drying, they MEAN fast-drying. It should be hard in minutes, so you don't have much time to work. When the plaster is a little lumpy, start piling it on the clay figure as thickly as you can, until the figure is completely covered. Wait for the plaster to dry.

3. Pressure-wash out the cheap clay with warm water. Enjoy your plaster mold.

You have to crack 'em to get the clay figure out, but it's worth it imo. That way you can get a fig that's one solid piece and won't fall apart. Just remember to hollow out a section in the middle of the figure before you bake it (generally, you only need to if the fig is >1 in. thick in certain areas).

>>2175420
Forgot to mention, you can also use wax instead of the cheap clay for step 1. It's INSANELY GODDAMN TEDIOUS (think of all the times that you've gotten dirty wet clay smothered all over your hands / arms and the mess that it made. now imagine it STICKY AS HELL), but you can melt the wax out of the mold with a blowdryer and reuse it later.

Also, since wax doesn't permanently dry out like clay, you don't need to watch the fig as closely to keep it from drying and you can achieve smoother, more detailed results from gently melting / carving the wax pre-molding.

>>2175465
Done anything you'd like to post here?

Reposting Taiga.

>>2175259
Oh wow, she is the same price as Yuri Saber.

http://www.1999.co.jp/eng/10085086

I know nothing about these figure producers/scale sizes or anything (1/7 what?). I can't resist shooting game/STG figs though. Japanese ZUN needs to sell out and make Touhou ones.

>>2175266
>>Be warned, once you start it's hard to stop.

So I've heard, bro! Oh well. I'm sure I was just delaying the inevitable. Feels good man.

>>2175593
Sugoi sugoi. I'd buy ESP Ra.De. figures.

>>2175555
Wax head WIP. Unfortunately, I haven't finished any since high school sculpture class. Damn you, clay ovens. Why do you have to be so expensive? ;-;

Skull still needs a lot of refining before I add ears / hair / start carving out the eye details.

>>2175612

Looks awesome.

Cool background, Shirou.

>>2175612
It's sort of creepy.

>>2175612

Looks like you burned a nigger to death and then decapitated him.

>>2175623
Muscle details are a little funny looking, but I like the tracing.

>>2175211
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>>2175251

Enjoy spending weeks on a single blend from one color to two. It takes ages to do even with small miniatures if you want it to be completely nice and smooth. Airbrush does the job for you in a flash.

>>2175845
and never looks that good for blending.

>>2175845
Are there actually that many character designs that require gradients? I mean, with 3D structures you don't need to fake shadows and such...

>>2175880
you can usually do it with inks and watered down paints. The airbrush for gradient work is over rated and produces iffy results.

>>2175851
Sure it does look better if you want to spend hundreds of hours on handpainting the blending to perfectionism. To me it's more important to be able to do a decent job in less than a percent of that time.

>>2175845
Too expensive to start up.

>>2175593
Congratulations brother! I was thinking of getting this for my second figure after Saber Lily but when I saw that the price was the same, I decided against it, at least until I can find myself a job.

Custom and newly painted Sakuya

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>>2177543
OH...OOOOOHHHHHH...
GIVE IT TO ME!

>>2177585
Why is she so :<

>>2177819
It's beautiful ;_; :<

>>2177543
Damn, I'd buy one

>>2177819
DO WANT

She's not for sale!

The same guy also made these.

>>2178050
But I want both :<

>>2178057
Sorry friend.

>>2175155
>o.O
GET OUT!

>>2175465
That does sound like the materials would be easier to get closer to home. It also sounds like one would have a lot less collecting of materials to do, period. The guy in the cirno video used a scalpel, two files and some kind of triangular chisel (as well as an electric router of some sort, iirc), and four different kinds of putty. All before casting. It does seem like one might be able to get more detail on small figures when using the cirno video's method though? And what would provide structural stability while you were sculpting a wet clay figure (i.e. how would the legs not warp under the weight of the rest of the figure)?

>>2178054
I can't help but think of Charlie Brown whenever I see this. Am I supposed to?

>>2178174
>(i.e. how would the legs not warp under the weight of the rest of the figure)?
Metal armature.

>>2175918
This is the only thing keeping me from getting an airbrush.

>>2177543
Keine is so :<

Bumping with this since so many people were swooning over it before.

>>2181036

is dat sum BLACK♦ROCK♦SHOOTOOOOOOOO

>>2181061
Why yes, yes it is.

>>2181036
i will fucking pre-order this once this is out and whats the difference between 1/7,1/4,1/8?? izit just the size?? so 1/4 will be pig tall lol?

>>2181076
What does this say. Anyway it's just under 30cm so around 12"

>>2181076
Wat? I don't see where it will be available in different sizes.

That scar.

Very much want ti.

>>2181112
Mmf.

>>2181112
Oh my...

Also also for people asking for the Touko figure from the old thread, hobbysearch has it up now for ¥6500

http://www.1999.co.jp/eng/10085487

Looks better without the eye energy thing.

>>2181155

Holy shit, do want really badly. Is it ok if I use my stimulus money from the government to buy shit from Japan? I'm stimulating SOMEONE's economy.

>>2181171
How much do you get? It's like ¥7500 on Amazon right now, we'll see what it is when it gets to HS or something.

>>2181112
Want to touch it.

So I've seen this Planetarian figure posted a few times, I don't suppose any of you figbros have any info on it? Hoping it's not a resin kit or custom made.

>>2181180

Quite a bit, but after I bought myself a new laptop and some textbooks there's not much left. Is she removable from that chair? I'd like to have her sit on my shoulder (cock).

>>2181190
Sorry bro, it's a garage kit from Kobe's World Hobby Fest.

You can buy it thoughon yahoo japan auctions

>>2181192
I think she's attached to the base but the chair is removable, or she might not be attached permanently to the base. Either way, I'm pretty sure she's not stuck to the chair.

>>2181206
Well that just figures, guess it was too good to be easily attained.

>>2181212

I hope not, it would be fun to put her in Gilgamesh's throne or something. But even if I got it, I think my sister would make fun of me for getting an office woman instead of someone with a sword as my first figure. I fucking love Touko though.

>>2181039
Who is selling these, and are they actually out yet?

>>2181288
At the moment it's only on the Japanese shipping sites ie Amazon and Amiami. And it's just a pre-order, I think they ship August.

>>2181299
Should I be searching for "Miku," or perhaps "black rock shooter?" it seems to me that it might be somewhat difficult to find a figure based on a fan-character, in turn based on Miku....

>>2181320
Oh sorry, thought I included a link in that post.

http://www.amiami.com/shop/ProductInfo/product_id/118549

It'll probably be on Hobby Search or something in a few days anyway.

Wish I could even paint without worrying about my shakey hands and/or making it look good enough. Took me about 3 hours to cover up some white dots the size of pinheads on a figure I recently got.

That black rock figure is amazing

Goodsmile site / english site is up

http://www.goodsmile.info/detail/jpn/2362/ブラック★ロックシューター.html

¥9800 is the list but let's hope most places have it around what amiami is selling it for.

Also
http://ameblo.jp/gsc-mikatan/entry-10217096380.html

>>2182827
Also the cannon is the best part.

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>>2181180

DO WANT

>>2182872
buy

Such perfection

>>2182981
It's not on any European sites yet, is it?
When I'm buying from Japan, there's all this "shitty exchange rates, taxes, customs fees, premium shipping, etc.".
The same with the US.

But I'll probably order it on 1999.co.jp anyway because I don't order figs that often.
I only have the GSC Miku and Ryougi (kimono, katana).

>>2183290
No, I think it's only on the Japanese shipping sites for now.

http://www.1999.co.jp/eng/10086058

Under the list price but still a lot more than Amazon, fuucckk